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Jumping On The Juicing Bandwagon

Hello, it’s me. Back again. Long story short, I recently spent $75 on a juice cleanse. Arguably a waste of money, but ever since I heard about the concept I’ve been all about it. In my mind it magically erases every McDonald’s chicken nugget from my entire life. Lately I’ve been real into things that claim to “cleanse the mind, body, and spirit.” So I felt like if there’s ever a time, it’s now. Mind you, I only bought the one day version. I don’t think I have the strength (or the money) to go for more than a day only drinking liquids. I researched a lot of different cleanse brands online and ended up going with the seemingly most popular with the least amount of vegetable juice – the BluePrint Invigoration Cleanse. I had it delivered on a Tuesday and decided to do it the very next day to get it over with. You’re supposed to eat very clean the day before to prepare your body. So naturally, I cooked up some mozzarella sticks. But other than that, I was fairly healthy. As much as I was looking forward to trying some of the juices, I knew by noon I’d be craving something with sustenance.

On to the day of…

——— JUICE 1: 6 AM ———

Flavor: COFFEE CASHEW CINNAMON VANILLA

Thoughts before trying: Indifferent. Assuming it will taste like an iced coffee. All the ingredients are good so how could it be bad?

Thoughts after trying: Yum! Tastes like I was expecting with a bunch of cinnamon thrown in. Starting off good!

Mood: I’m really not wanting to go to work and all I can think about is a nap but that’s not the juice’s fault.

——— JUICE 2: 9 AM ———

Flavor: APPLE LEMON CAYENNE GINGER

Thoughts before trying: I thought the 2nd juice was supposed to be apple, pineapple, and mint – maybe that’s for another cleanse. The cayenne frightens me.

Thoughts after trying: Was a little scared for the spice but honestly tastes just like a Chick-fil-A lemonade. Pleasantly surprised again! There’s a little bit of a kick to it but that actually may be from the ginger.

Mood: Hunger hasn’t set in yet. Feeling so energetic for some reason. About to pick up chocolate chip cookies for work which is not fun since I can’t eat them.

Thoughts before trying: TERRIFIED. The last green juice I tried made me so sick.

Thoughts after trying: Surprisingly not awful. Don’t get me wrong – tastes like you’re straight up drinking a leaf but it’s easier to drink than I thought. Definitely trying to get rid of it quicker than the other two. Actually it’s really disgusting.

Mood: Starting to get hungry. Still have a lot of energy. Dreaming of food.

——— JUICE 4: 2:30 PM ———

Flavor: LEMON CAYENNE AGAVE

Thoughts before trying: I’m fine with the agave, but again with the cayenne? I love lemonade but I have a suspicion this won’t taste like lemonade.

Thoughts after trying: The other lemon/cayenne one was better. This one is almost too sweet for me.

Mood: Bad. Things went downhill fast. My stomach is eating itself, I can no longer focus on anything, and I can’t stand straight or type words without shaking.

——— JUICE 5: 5 PM ———

Flavor: BEET APPLE CARROT LEMON GINGER

Thoughts before trying: UGH BEET.

Thoughts after trying: MAYBE BETTER THAN THE GREEN ONE BUT UGH. It tastes like potpourri.

Mood: I AM SO OVER THIS I’LL EAT ANYTHING. My mind is becoming weird. I just put a tea bag in a glass of ice water. I’m also at the point where I’m googling how to drink a juice without having to smell it.

——— JUICE 6: 7 PM ———

Flavor: CASHEW VANILLA CINNAMON AGAVE

Thoughts before trying: EXCITED – this is the one most people seem to favor. Like a milkshake!

Thoughts after trying: I’m not mad just disappointed. Honestly it’s not that great. Much better than the vegetable ones I guess, but what’s up with the texture? It’s like a watered down vanilla milkshake with gritty, mushy chunks in it.

Mood: Hungry. I forget what it feels like to chew.

Well, I made it through to the next morning and I only had to pee approximately 527 times throughout the day. The whole day, no food. Only juice, water, and a cup of herbal tea after each of the vegetable juices. Overall, my favorite juice was probably #1. Would I do it again? Probably not. Other than placebo effect telling me that I was being healthy so I should feel happy, I can’t say I felt that much different afterwards.

x Alex

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17 thoughts on “Jumping On The Juicing Bandwagon”

I normally hate reading posts about ‘detoxing’ because I just hate seeing people be kind of manipulated by crappy companies and semi-relevant ‘science’ but your post made me laugh! I loved your brutal honesty on the flavours and your feelings, especially relating to your increasing need for food throughout the day haha!

Well done for putting up with it! The nutrients in the drinks sound somewhat beneficial but I’m always sceptical of ‘detox’ programmes.

Glad I could give you a laugh! It’s funny how much media can persuade people to do things like this. I do think it was probably good for me but it was just miserable. I read so many reviews of the cleanse beforehand and no one mentioned how awful some of those juices tasted! Thanks for reading!

My favorite line “like you’re straight up drinking a leaf…”. Exactly my thoughts on the whole process. I believe that people get sucked in to these things because of the media and it would actually be interesting to find out once we get up to the Pearly Gates if it made a difference. Somehow I think that God is laughing at the juice cleanses of the world.

Love the honesty. Hilarious and oh, so true. I did a juice cleanse a few weeks ago and had almost the exact same response (except I did a 3 day one for some silly reason). Makes me appreciate a plain old salad just a little more.